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Metropolitan see Bahía Blanca, Argentina

Archdiocese of Bahía Blanca

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Bahía Blanca is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in southern Buenos Aires province, Argentina, erected as a diocese in 1934 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1957. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province covering Patagonia, with its seat at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy, in Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

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Established
1934
Catholics
635,000
Priests
80
Territory
214,021 km²

Parishes and churches

58 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Carlos Alfonso Azpiroz Costa, O.P.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy stands in Bahía Blanca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.